FDA Law

JUNE 22, 2025

By JP Ellison — Last Friday, the Supreme Court delivered a trio of decisions making it easier to litigate against the federal government. That said, it’s hard to see how the score on Friday wasn’t 3 for regulated industry and 0 for the federal government. Reynolds Vapor Co. , In Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. McKesson Corp.,

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ABIM

JUNE 20, 2025

ABIM Governance provides a meaningful and rewarding opportunity to join outstanding colleagues in service to the profession and to patients. Read more about how ABIM chooses members of governance. Visit ABIM’s website for more information on governance and opportunities to join. Applications are due Sunday, July 20, 2025.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

JANUARY 28, 2025

The physician continues to accept insurance and government programs, as before. They receive enhanced support and service from staff members, and medical advocacy and coordination with other health providers the patient may see. Caruso is now one of nine physicians at Heart Specialists of Sarasota to offer CCP’s Hybrid Choice.

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The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Food and Drug Administration recently moved to regulate health apps that act as medical devices (e.g., Should state and local governments provide direct grants or tax relief to promising startups? electrocardiogram) and would pose safety risks to patients if they malfunctioned.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?

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FDA Law

JUNE 6, 2022

As faithful readers of our blog know, FDA’s broad interpretations of its governing statute have not always fared that well in the courts. While industry has been celebrating its judicial success, FDA has been quietly lobbying Congress to revise its governing statutes to reverse the agency’s losses. Gibbs & Sara W.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

However, in 2016 they began to realize that the rules and oversight from insurance companies and government entities were creating an environment that took the focus of physicians away from the patients and onto their computers and the completion of irrelevant busywork. Joseph has succeeded in doing just that.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and leader of multiple Permanente Medical Groups at Kaiser Permanente, recognized for advancing AI technology, improving care access, and advocating for value-based care measures OAKLAND, Calif. Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Dr. McDonald shared more about a pilot model announced last year that would create a pathway for exceptionally qualified international medical graduates (IMGs) successfully completing ACGME-accredited subspecialty fellowship to become Board eligible in Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Diamond was caught in a fairly common coverage snag: People who have group health insurance when they become eligible for Medicare sometimes find themselves on the hook for their medical bills because their group plan stops paying. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City.

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ABIM

JUNE 30, 2025

The Specialty Board discussed the LKA in greater detail, as well as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in assessment development and the integration of public members in ABIM Governance. Applications are due July 20, 2025. More than half—10,072 (58%)—are simultaneously maintaining certification in internal medicine.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The answers below are based on my experience as a reviewer and compliance officer at FDA during the 5-week 2018/2019 government shutdown. Submissions to FDA that have an associated user-fee will not be accepted during a government shutdown as they do not have the ability to process the payments (PMAs, 510(k)s, PFUDA Program Fees).

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

Key Health Care Budget Proposals: Proposed Medi-Cal Cuts and Enrollment Changes Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is typically funded through a partnership between the state and the federal government. Medi-Cal Minimum Medical Loss Ratio – Increases the minimum medical loss ratio for managed care plans, commencing January 1, 2026.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

About Permanente Medical Groups Permanente Medical Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 25,000 physicians. The pursuit of value-based care has long been a clarion call for strengthening the American health care system.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

However, as stated plainly in a recent editorial published in more than 120 medical journals worldwide , “This does not mean humanity is any safer.” After peaking at more than 70,000 in 1986, the absolute number of weapons gradually declined from the implementation of various arms control treaties to 12,331 today.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cato — On December 10, 2021, FDA issued a discussion paper titled 3D Printing Medical Devices at the Point of Care seeking feedback on FDA regulatory oversight of various 3D-printing scenarios, in order to inform future policy development. products intended for medical purposes). products intended for medical purposes).

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2023

When survivors of childhood sexual abuse tell their own stories in court or through government inquiries, they often describe the pervasive personal impact across many aspects of their life. In the words of one survivor, "in every way, it had a negative impact."

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FDA Law

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. Pharmacists’ Corresponding Responsibility A controlled substance prescription, to be valid, must be issued for “a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of [their] professional practice.” Zarzamora Press Release.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Research from Queen Mary University of London is the first to focus on the experiences of parents and their children who were categorized as "'overweight" and "very overweight" by England's National Measurement Programme (NCMP), an intervention designed to tackle childhood obesity. The study is published in the journal Critical Public Health.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

And the “David” cast of characters has successfully challenged FDA’s promulgation of its final Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) intended to “address” shipments of compounded medications interstate. See Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) Section 503A(b)(2). To date, two states have signed the MOU.

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FDA Law

JUNE 2, 2025

Mullen At midnight on Friday, May 30, 2025, the governments deadline to notice an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texass decision vacating the LDT Rule lapsed without the government doing so. RUO-labeled reagents and materials are often used in LDTs in clinical laboratories.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

Last week, the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) was actively engaged in multiple discussions on health care policy, including Medical Assistance rate reimbursement, coverage for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model and broader reforms to patient-centered care. Highlights follow. Read a summary of HF 1005.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 7, 2023

The United States government is considering a national ban of TikTok, a social media application used by over 150 million Americans. Although the primary reason for the ban is privacy concerns, it presents an opportunity to consider other potential risks.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Tianeptine is sold in a number of countries as a government-approved treatment for depression. But the FDA has never approved it for any medical condition in the U.S. Calello explained that it falls under a gray area of consumer supplements or products that are not regulated or tested the same way a medication would be.

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FDA Law

JUNE 28, 2022

This consolidated case has implications not only for prescribers of controlled substances but also for pharmacists and pharmacies who are subject to a “corresponding responsibility” to only fill prescriptions issued for a legitimate medical purpose pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § Gilbert & Karla L. 21 U.S.C. §

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Those who suffer from seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that's closely linked to the circadian rhythms that govern our sleep cycles, know this all too well. But those same rhythms, which are themselves governed by biological clocks, can affect much more than mood and sleep.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. million members. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Misplaced Training Dollars: Lack of funding for community-based training impacting the primary care physician pipeline Hospital-based graduate medical education (GME) receives significantly more funding than community-based programs, a disparity linked to fewer new primary care physicians entering the workforce. Key findings include: 1.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 18, 2022

Cato — On December 10, 2021, FDA issued a discussion paper titled 3D Printing Medical Devices at the Point of Care seeking feedback on FDA regulatory oversight of various 3D-printing scenarios, in order to inform future policy development. products intended for medical purposes). products intended for medical purposes).

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NPR Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The alleged link between vaccines and autism was first published in 1998, in a since-retracted study in medical journal The Lancet. But by the mid-2000s, the myth was out there, and its power was growing, fueled by distrust of government, misinformation, and high-profile boosters like Jim Carrey and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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FDA Law

MAY 9, 2023

The risks she described caught our attention because two of the risk profiles she cited included things that touched on FDA-related entities, such as medical devices that transmit data. The news wasn’t all bad for the government, but FTC’s now has some decisions to make. See, e.g., here. “We Undeterred, FTC moved ahead with its case.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

For instance, the UK government’s initiative to install solar panels on National Health Service sites is projected to save each site up to £45,000 annually, amounting to approximately £13 million in total savings per year. Looking for a tailored approach? Let’s build a future where healthcare not only heals—it leads.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. Government. NASEMSO: Clinical care and restraint of agitated or combative patients by emergency medical service practitioners. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Latest news & breaking headlines And, in many countries, governments offer financial incentives to install solar panels and even backup batteries. Looking for a tailored approach?

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Japan's government will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical classification for Covid-19, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

With the utility of GDP under increased scrutiny as a metric of well-being, Dr. Lucía Macchia argues that people's experience of pain and, how it affects their lives, needs to be better measured and incorporated into policy decision-making.

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